Eagles Read: Books and Bases

﻿The ILC sponsors a reading challenge every spring. Sometimes it's a team thing. Sometimes it's an individual thing. No matter the format, the goal is always the same: to get the school community reading.

Register to participate. You will be asked to select an "inning," or three-week reading period, that works best for your schedule during the spring semester.

Check out a copy of One Shot at Forever in the ILC at the top of your "inning." We will send you reminders, so read your email.

Earn "bases" by completing activities throughout your "inning." Depending on the effort required to complete an activity, you will earn a single, double, or triple. You must get a run in order to win your prize! View the list of activity options, or propose your own.

Record your "bases" earned using this form. You can record them as you go, or all at once. Be sure to record your bases before the end of your "inning."

Return the book to the ILC when you're done reading and before the end of your "inning" in order to earn your prize — either a $10 Amazon gift card or a free ticket and bus ride to the Lakes Milwaukee Brewers game on Sunday, April 24.

What the book's about.

"In 1971, a small-town high school baseball team from rural Illinois playing with hand-me-down uniforms and peace signs on their hats defied convention and the odds. Led by an English teacher with no coaching experience, the Macon Ironmen emerged from a field of 370 teams to become the smallest school in modern Illinois history to make the state final, a distinction that still stands. There, sporting long hair, and warming up to Jesus Christ Superstar, the Ironmen would play a dramatic game against a Chicago powerhouse that would change their lives forever ..." (Amazon.com).

"Sure, it's a sports story, but really it's more a story about towns and small towns and the way people hold on to memories" (Ballard).